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The family of Elaine Lynch have raised more than £12,000 to pay for a drug unavailable on the NHS.

BBC News, West Midlands

She was told a drug called Enhertu was needed to target her mutation, known as HER2, but it is not approved for NHS use for lung cancer patients. With the help of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham the family said they tried "every avenue" to get Enhertu on the NHS, but were denied.Mrs Lynch said the decision to fundraise was hard for her as she felt like she was begging but her children had persuaded her it was necessary.

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